For #MineralMonday ⚒️: A first set of 589 minerals from the collection of the KU Leuven dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences can from now onwards be consulted online : blendeff.be/s/en/collect... 📷 KU Leuven. Imaging Lab #Mineralogy #OpenAccess #FAIRdata #digitalspecimen #naturalhistory 1/3

For today's #TaxidermyTuesday 🐦 a case of taxidermal engineering: This mounted bird with its striking tail feathers from the #KULeuven Zoology Museum recently caused quite a few raised eyebrows as it turned out to be “not a real bird” (1/5) 📷 by KU Leuven. Imaging Lab @disscoflanders.bsky.social

Did Neandertals choose their prey when practicing cannibalism?🍖 Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com! We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago. 1/7

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

Sinds enkele jaren zet onze dienst in het kader van @disscoflanders.bsky.social sterk in op de digitalisatie van de natuurwetenschappelijke collecties van @kuleuven.bsky.social. Maar waarom digitaliseren we al die opgezette vogels, mineralen, bodemmonolieten en fossielen eigenlijk? 👇🏻

We’re deeply concerned about the disappearance of our colleague Pierre Noiret. Please share and help us spread the word. For more information please check: www.police.be/avis-de-rech...

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.bsky.social

With its small bifaces also a very interesting parallel for the nearby 🇧🇪 Middle #Palaeolitic site of Oosthoven-Heieinde

To document the KU Leuven scientific #collections, our unit (Scientific Collections & Heritage) teamed up w/ Storyrunner to create a series of interviews in which former curators & collection managers talk abt the history of the collections and their own role & contribution. A 🧵: